The WCTU and Educational Strategies on the Canadian Prairie

Educational strategies are designed to cope with and fulfill the multifarious pedagogical and educational needs of teachers and learners. Moreover, no educational plan can possibly yield the required results without incorporating suitable instructive strategies. This research paper advocates the role and importance of schemas in learning new forms of knowledge and data in the perspective of class room teaching-learning. Cognitive approach is adopted to understand how students learn new forms of knowledge and experiences through different mental processes, quite unlike that of behaviorism. The concept of schema helps us understand how learners can link new pieces of information to the already existing knowledge in their minds. The notion of ‘Constructivist Approach’ has been extracted from the field of educational psychology for triangulation. Extracts are taken from the textbooks of English used in matriculation and intermediate through purposive sampling. Their analysis shows that schemas can play a vital role in enhancing the learning experience and making new forms of knowledge a permanent part of the memory of students which is the ultimate goal of education.

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Facilitating critical thinking in online courses

Online Learning ◽

10.24059/olj.v12i3.30 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Margaret Lunney, RN, PhD ◽

Keville Frederickson, RN, PhD ◽

Arlene Spark, EdD, RD, FADA, FACN ◽

Georgia McDuffie, RN, PhD

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Teaching Strategies ◽

Online Courses ◽

Past Research ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Educational Strategies ◽

Thinking Processes

Development of critical thinking abilities is essential for students in clinical disciplines of the health sciences. Past research has shown that critical thinking is a learned skill that can be fostered through teaching strategies. Ten educational strategies that were developed and tested by the authors in online courses are presented to assist instructors to encourage students in the health sciences to improve critical thinking processes.

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Pulling in Double Harness or Hauling a Double Load: Women, Work and Feminism on the Canadian Prairie

Journal of Canadian Studies ◽

10.3138/jcs.21.3.32 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 32-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Veronica Strong-Boag

Keyword(s):

Canadian Prairie

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Unnamed Country: The Struggle for a Canadian Prairie Fiction by Dick Harrison

Western American Literature ◽

10.1353/wal.1978.0014 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 283-284

Author(s):

Roy W. Meyer

Keyword(s):

Canadian Prairie

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Understanding Water Use Conflicts to Advance Collaborative Planning: Lessons Learned from Lake Diefenbaker, Canada

Water ◽

10.3390/w13131756 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 1756

Author(s):

Jania Chilima ◽

Jill Blakley ◽

Harry Diaz ◽

Lalita Bharadwaj

Keyword(s):

Water Use ◽

Flood Control ◽

Collaborative Planning ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Canadian Prairie ◽

Water Users ◽

Management Procedures ◽

Lake Diefenbaker ◽

Regulatory Instruments ◽

Water Uses

Conflicts around the multi-purpose water uses of Lake Diefenbaker (LD) in Saskatchewan, Canada need to be addressed to meet rapidly expanding water demands in the arid Canadian prairie region. This study explores these conflicts to advance collaborative planning as a means for improving the current water governance and management of this lake. Qualitative methodology that employed a wide participatory approach was used to collect focus group data from 92 individuals, who formed a community of water users. Results indicate that the community of water users is unified in wanting to maintain water quality and quantity, preserving the lake’s aesthetics, and reducing water source vulnerability. Results also show these users are faced with water resource conflicts resulting from lack of coherence of regulatory instruments in the current governance regime, and acceptable management procedures of both consumptive and contemporary water uses that are interlinked in seven areas of: irrigation, industrial, and recreational water uses; reservoir water level for flood control and hydroelectricity production; wastewater and lagoon management; fish farm operations; and regional water development projects. As a means of advancing collaborative planning, improvements in water allocation and regulatory instruments could be made to dissipate consumptive use conflicts and fill the under-regulation void that exists for contemporary water uses. Additionally, a comprehensive LD water use master plan, as a shared vision to improve participation in governance, could be developed to direct the water uses that have emerged over time. This study suggests that these three areas are practical starting conditions that would enable successful collaborative planning for the seven areas of water uses. Focusing on these three areas would ensure the current and future needs of the community of water users are met, while avoiding reactive ways of solving water problems in the LD region, especially as the water crisis in the Canadian Prairie region where LD is located is expected to intensify.

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Survey-Based Analysis of Current Trends for Prescribing Gastrointestinal Protectants among Small-Animal General Practitioners in Portugal

Veterinary Sciences ◽

10.3390/vetsci8050070 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 70

Author(s):

Rita Baptista ◽

Ryane Englar ◽

Berta São Braz ◽

Rodolfo Oliveira Leal

Keyword(s):

General Practitioners ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Small Animal ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Online Forums ◽

Educational Strategies ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Current Trends ◽

Therapeutic Value

In both human and veterinary healthcare, gastrointestinal protectants (GIPs) are considered a staple of clinical practice in that they are prescribed by general practitioners (GPs) and specialists alike. Concerning GIP use, overprescription of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) has become a growing concern among human healthcare providers. This trend has also been documented within veterinary practice, prompting the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) to publish a consensus statement in 2018 concerning evidence-based indications for GIP use. This observational cross-sectional study evaluated self-reported prescribing protocols among Portuguese GPs to determine whether there is adherence to the consensus guidelines. Respondents were Portuguese GPs recruited by social media posts in veterinarian online forums. Data were collected from 124 respondents concerning their GIPs of choice and their rationales for prescribing them. Data were mined for prescription patterns and protocols. Among GIPs, PPIs were prescribed more often. Rationales for use included gastrointestinal ulceration and erosion (GUE), prophylactic management of nonerosive gastritis, pancreatitis, reflux esophagitis, and steroid-induced ulceration. Once-daily administration of PPIs was the most frequent dosing regime among respondents. Ninety-six percent of PPI prescribers advocated that the drug be administered either shortly before or at mealtime. Forty-nine percent of respondents supported long-term use of PPIs. Fifty-nine percent of respondents acknowledged discontinuing PPIs abruptly. This study supports that Portuguese GPs commonly prescribe GIPs in accordance with ACVIM recommendations to medically manage GUE. However, misuse of GIPs does occur, and they have been prescribed where their therapeutic value is debatable. Educational strategies should target GPs in an effort to reduce GIP misuse.

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